THE pints are flowing again at a landmark Bolton pub after a £120,000 revamp. Doors opened at The Ainsworth Arms on Halliwell Road, on Thursday, for the first time since it was bought by Welcome Taverns in November.

THE finest real ales are set to start flowing again at a landmark Bolton pub following a £120,000 refurbishment. Welcome Taverns will open the doors of the Ainsworth Arms at the junction of Halliwell Road and Moss Bank Way next Thursday. The company, which also owns the Brewhouse in Blackburn Road and the Thomas Egerton in Egerton, is aiming to “put the local back into the pub industry” and has kept many original features, such as the snug.

The new owners of the once-thriving Ainsworth Arms at the top of Halliwell Road have pledged to return the pub to its former glory. Bolton firm Welcome Taverns, which already has the Brewhouse in Blackburn Road and the Thomas Egerton in Egerton, is aiming to create a locally-based group of modernised local pubs serving cask beers.